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Wednesday, December 02, 2015

Protesting subscribers sack MTN offices in Benin City, Surulere-Lagos

Angry subscribers protesting at the
MTN offices in Benin City and Surulere-Lagos, shut the outlets following pockets of uncoordinated
display of violence by some telecom subscribers in the region, reports
ITRealms.

According to reports reaching ITRealms newsroom, the
MTN office at Bode Thomas Street in Surulere and also at Benin City were Wednesday afternoon
attacked by irate subscribers who allegedly protested over blocking of their
mobile phone lines in compliance with the directive of the Nigerian
Communications Commission (NCC).

Although it took the presence of
armed policemen to calm the protesting subscribers with tear-gas at about 3pm at both Surulere in Lagos and Benin City.

Some of the protesters claimed that
they have registered and re-registered on several occasions and have every course
to get offended.

For some, they claimed making use of their mobile phone lines the previous night only to wake up to see it has been barred and they were requested to report to the nearest MTN office for ractification.

At Benin City, the manager of the MTN office was said to have promised to attend to the teeming subscribers without any tangible action to that pledge.

As a press time, there is no
official response from MTN Nigeria, but Policemen were still keeping watch at the
both locations in Surulere in Lagos and Benin City, even as some subscribers have hinted that invitation to Police would
not save the situation unless MTN unbars their lines.